Aaand nearly 10 months later, chapter 38 is here!
I know I already explained this, but for those of you who missed it and have been wondering where the heck I've been and why this story hasn't been updated in months, well, I was on an internship with the Walt Disney Company for half a year, and it didn't give me time to write at all. SORRY!
But I'm back and I'm so excited to be writing this story again! I promise I will never abandon this story. I will FINISH THIS FANFIC, I SWEAR.
(hopefully there are people that are still following in this story. Please review if you are! I'm still in awe that this story has over 1500 reviews!)
But anyway, here ya go!
The words slipped dangerously off of Jack's tongue, like acid, like blood, like a searing white pain in contrast of his cold body. The sound of the words left a malicious taste on his lips, and he could feel himself getting weaker as he looked up at Pitch, watching as his smile turned into a dark smirk. Jack couldn't breathe; the two words that he had just whispered out loud left its imprints in his throat.
"I surrender, Pitch," Jack managed to whisper out again, inhaling shakily as he did. "But please, leave my family alone."
Pitch's eyes flickered between Jack and Anna, who was shivering on the ground, before grinning. "You gave me your word, Jack, so I will give you mine."
"You monster," Anna choked out. "You absolute monster!"
Pitch smiled at the Princess. "Why, thank you, your majesty," he grinned, showing off his razor sharp teeth, which made Anna cringe again.
Anna turned to Jack, tears streaming down her face and said, "Jack, please don't do this. Please. Think about Elsa and Oliver, Jack! Y-You can't leave them!"
Jack shut his eyes for half a moment. Hearing Elsa and Oliver's names made his chest ache in a way that was incomparable to true pain, a pain that he has never experienced before. But he knew what he had to do. He had to save his family and keep them safe, not only from Pitch, but from himself. And because Jack loves them - loves them with every damn bone in his immortal body - he has to do this.
To vow to never see or speak to Elsa and Oliver again.
The thought of it just slaughtered Jack on the inside. Murdered every last piece of sanity in the young Guardian's dead heart.
However, if this is the only way to keep them safe, to keep them from being harmed from the dangers that Jack brought upon them, to make sure that the people he loves the most are never, ever in harm's way ever again...
"I know, Anna," Jack's voice shook as he turned to her. "But this is the only way."
"No, it's not, Jack!" Anna fired. Her cheeks were tear-stained and red. "Think about what you just agreed to, Jack!"
"I have to keep them safe, Anna," Jack said, and that seemed like the only explanation he could ever give. "I need to keep everyone safe, and if it means disappearing from everyone's lives forever, then I have no choice."
"No choice?" Anna said breathlessly. "Jack-"
"Elsa will understand," he said. He felt himself crumble as he said her name.
Anna was taken aback. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she shook her head. "No, she won't."
Jack looked at her for a second, watching as the Princess stared at him with pleading eyes. And then Jack felt like he couldn't breathe because as he looked into Anna's eyes, he thought that for a split second, he was looking into Elsa's. And Jack could see it, the crippling anger and pain in those blue eyes, the moment he tells her what has just happened, what he had just agreed to, and despite how unfair it was, Jack would rather be torn apart from his family rather than see them get hurt.
"Please, Jack," Anna's voice trembled. "You have to come home. Please. Come home to Elsa and Oliver. You can't do this."
"But I can't let them get hurt because of me, Anna," Jack whispered shakily. "I've already had to see them die in front of me, and that...that is something I will never forgive myself for. I can't hurt them again. I've done enough damage as it is, and I just can't hurt them anymore."
"But Elsa-"
"Anna," Jack said her name through his teeth as self-animosity and hell swam through his veins. "Do you think I want to do this? To leave you all behind? To leave Elsa behind?"
Anna closed her eyes. As painful and difficult as it was, she knew that Jack was right, that this is the only way. She could hear the strain in Jack's voice when he said Elsa's name because as wrong as this choice seems, she understands. She understands why Jack has chosen to do this, because she knows that Jack is willing to sacrifice anything and everything for their family, especially for Elsa. But just the thought...the thought of Jack leaving forever, just because he felt like he has to protect all of them from himself...
"You're making a mistake, Jack," she whispered one last time, in hopes that Jack would somehow change his mind one last time.
"I know I am," said the Guardian, feeling Pitch's dark glares stab through his back. "But what else can I do, Anna? I can't hurt them. Not anymore."
Jack closed his eyes for a few seconds. He couldn't bear to look at Anna right now, and he felt horrible because Anna was never supposed to be a part of any of this. Nothing at all. But she has endured more of this than probably Elsa herself has, because Anna has been by Elsa's side since the moment she found out her older sister was pregnant, she had to endure the two months of hell thinking that her sister was dead, and now, this.
And it broke him, absolutely tore him apart, to hurt the people he loves the most.
"You'll take care of them, right?" Jack whispered hoarsely. The image of Oliver's round blue burned deep in his mind, and Jack knew that he could never look at himself the same way anymore, because every time that he does, he won't see himself, but the eyes of his son.
"Y-You're saying that as if you're never coming back," Anna whispered.
But Jack could only stare at her, soundless words reflecting through his ice eyes, watching as Anna's sand-stained cheeks accept a single tear, letting it fall from her face, and in that moment, Jack saw that she understood the empty words his eyes told.
Because he can't. He can't ever return.
Anna inhaled deeply, still shivering from the immense cold before tilting her head up to meet the gaze of Pitch, almost forgetting that he was standing there, enjoying the heartbreak that he had caused between her and Jack. Within an instant, she felt fear drown her veins again, seeing her dead mother and father's lifeless bodies in the depth of her mind, but against the pain and her sobs, she whispered a series of words that surprised every soul in that room.
"T-Take me instead," she whispered, almost inaudible to the mortal ear.
Jack's eyes widened. "No! Anna-"
"I'll take Jack's place," Anna cried out, trying her best to sound as bold as she could before she could succumb to Pitch's fear instead. "Just let him go."
Upon hearing that, Pitch burst out into a chorus of funeral-bell laughter, his yellow eyes glowing as he stared at the young girl at his feet, almost appalled to have heard such a request coming from the Princess of Arendelle. Pitch looked down at her, watching Anna tremble in fear as she did her best to stay strong, but Pitch was too powerful for that; he could see her getting weak and to him, it was lovely.
"Take you? Why, you stupid little girl," Pitch grinned. "Thinking that you would be of use to me? You couldn't even save your own sister by yourself. Because of you, your sister would have been dead."
And with a point of his finger, a swirl of black sand danced around Anna. The Princess muffled a scream into her hands as Pitch sent a horrid image of Elsa through her head; an image of her sister dressed in her icy blue dress, but it was covered in blood. Then Anna saw herself, standing over her sister's dead body before she looked down at her palms, which were trembling and stained with the blood of the Queen of Arendelle.
Jack ran towards Anna and held the gasping Princess in his arms. "Enough, Pitch," he growled.
But the Shadow ignored him as he sneered, "Offering yourself to me, in return to save this pathetic Guardian? You were only used at bait! How pathetic and insulting of you to think that I would accept a powerless royal such as yourself."
"ENOUGH," Jack roared as he held out his hand, letting a spear of ice leave his cold fingers, as his other hand was wrapped around Anna's sobbing self. "Pitch, I already surrendered myself to you. I-Isn't that enough?"
Pitch's dark smirked curved into an amused one, loving the sound of Jack's voice sounding so weak and vulnerable for once. And Pitch knew that this exact moment that they are currently in right now has been the moment he has been waiting for all these years. After years and years of defeat, Pitch Black has finally overpowered the Guardians, especially the one named Jack Frost.
"Very well then," Pitch said, before his hellish yellow eyes bore straight into Jack's blue ones. "You have 24 hours, Frost. Return the girl home, say your goodbyes and return to the lair. You work for me now, Frost."
Jack didn't dare ask his next question, but the words slipped past his tongue. "And if I don't return after 24 hours?"
Pitch's gleam turned darker as he showed off his knife-like teeth. "Then I will make sure Arendelle will turn into dust, with everyone in it. Including your precious Queen and child."
And within that moment, images of Elsa and Oliver flashed into his mind, moments of their time together, from the smallest to the biggest memories; from the moment he saw Elsa for the first time, to the exact second he held his newborn baby in his arms for the first time. And Jack felt his chest break. As if live, human blood was running through his veins again, allowing his frozen heart to beat for the first time in 300 years, only for it to stop dead once again.
"J-Jack, no," Anna sobbed. Her heart was cold and broken, not only because of what she had just witnessed, not because that Pitch had kidnapped her and tortured her to lure Jack into his lair, but she was hurting for her sister. Elsa has already gone through so much, she has already experienced so much deaths and heartbreaks within the last few months, but Anna knew that this - the one person who changed her life and allowed her heart to love to its full capacity - will be saying goodbye forever.
Jack held Anna tighter. Through her shivers and tears, Jack knew exactly knew Anna was crying, because he felt it too.
"Oh, and one final thing, Frost," Pitch whispered before floating terrifyingly close towards the Princess and Guardian. "Make sure they don't look for you - those Guardians, and especially Elsa. Because once I realize that they are searching for you, I will make sure my nightmares will destroy them, piece by piece."
Jack closed his eyes. He was defeated in the worst way imaginable.
Pitch smiled darkly one last time. "It's time to say farewell."
The moment Jack flew out the window, with a shaken and sobbing Anna in his arms, he knew that the clock was ticking, that his 24 hours left with his family was already in motion, and this was one of the rare occasions where time was the enemy instead of fear. Throughout their flight back to North Pole, where he had left Elsa, Oliver and Kristoff into the care of the Guardians, Anna was sobbing, still unable to believe what had just happened to herself and to Jack, and that she had witnessed and felt everything that had happened between them and Pitch.
"Please change your mind, Jack," Anna sobbed between breaths. "You can't leave us. Not forever."
"I...I have to. If this is the only way to keep you all safe, especially Elsa and Oliver, then...then I have to," Jack whispered.
By the time Jack had reached the North Pole, Anna had quieted down her sobs, but she was freezing. And Jack being as cold as ice did not help either. Jack flew through the window and immediately flew towards the burning fireplace, before setting Anna down in his arms, feeling her shake and tremble in his grasp, but felt her finally sigh in relief when she felt warmth touch her skin for the first time in hours.
"ANNA!"
Jack turned around when he heard Kristoff scream the princess's name, and saw Elsa and the rest of the Guardians staring at them in utter shock. Jack moved out of the way just in time before Kristoff knocked into him, before embracing Anna, holding his wife against his chest as she began to cry once more. Jack got off the floor as Elsa and the Guardians ran up to them.
"God, Anna," Kristoff muffled a whisper, shutting his eyes tightly. "You had me worried to death."
"K-Kristoff," Anna cried, as she held onto her husband's arms. "Oh my god, Kristoff. I-I can't...it was so awful."
The Guardians turned to Jack, all their faces mirrored the same shocked and grief stricken expression, silently asking Jack what on earth had happened to him and Anna, but was cut off when Elsa ran in between them, almost falling to her knees before wrapping a blanket around her sister.
"Anna," Elsa whispered frantically, using her fingers to wipe away Anna's tears, allowing the black sand to cover her hands. "Wh-what happened to you? You're freezing cold! What happened? Why are you covered in dirt?"
"I-It's not dirt," Anna whispered tearfully. "It's sand."
And it only took that one word before everyone in the room understood.
"Anna..." Elsa whispered, reaching over to hold her sister's face between her hands. "What did he do to you?"
But Anna couldn't answer, not because the memories frightened her enough to make her heart stop, not because the memory of Pitch striking her with his magic and forcing her to see her nightmares so vividly in her mind, but because she was so afraid of telling them, especially Elsa. And Anna is the only one who knows what will happened to Jack in less than 24 hours, and she didn't want to be the one to bring Elsa the news because she knows how much this will break her and Jack.
"Anna," Elsa said, staring into her sister's face. "What happened?"
"Pitch," Anna answered with much difficulty, and the name left a horrible feeling in her mouth. "H-He...he kidnapped me and brought me to his...his home. It was like a hideout underground and...god, it was just the worst feeling, as if I was going to die."
Kristoff reached over and held his wife's hand. "Anna, I woke up this morning and I couldn't find you anywhere in the castle. How did he manage to take you?"
Anna's eyes began to water and she shook her head. "I don't remember. I just remember waking up, freezing cold and covered in sand and I didn't know where I was and...and I was terrified. I-I felt things I have never felt before, heard things that terrified me, and saw things that I don't ever want to see again. It was...oh, it was horrible."
All five Guardians glanced at each other for a split second. Anna's ragged breathing was heard in the background.
"What did you see, Anna?" North stepped in quietly. "What did he make you see?"
"Nightmares," she whispered the word with such fright. "He made them so real, right in front of me. And he was laughing at them, at me."
"But are you okay?" Elsa whispered.
Anna glanced up at Jack for a split second; the sight of Jack surrendering was so fresh in her mind that it physically pained her to even think about it.
"I don't know," Anna whispered truthfully. "He lured me in as bait, only to get to Jack."
Elsa had been so panicked over the state of her sister, that she had almost forgot that Jack had been standing behind them the entire time. She gasped and turned to look at him, wanting to speak up and ask him all the hundreds of questions that were burning through her mind, but stopped when she saw the expression that was written on his face. She has seen Jack look upset many times before, as Jack has with her, but as she continued to look at him, Elsa noticed that there was something wrong, as if there was something she didn't want to know.
"Jack?" she asked carefully as she got up on her feet, slowly making her way to him.
Jack watched as Elsa approached him, not knowing what to do, not knowing what to say. How on earth was he ever going to tell her? How was he going to tell all of them? Jack gulped. He had less than 24 hours left, and he knew that in the time remaining, he had to break their hearts in order for them to be safe.
"Are you okay? I was so worried about you. I thought you were hurt," she whispered when she got near him, reaching up to place a cold hand upon one of his cheeks.
Jack looked down and caught her gaze, and the moment he did, he was almost breathless. Her big, round blue eyes, filled with tears for him, staring up at him, before her hand left his face to reach down and intertwine her fingers through his. Jack felt weak at her touch and he felt like he had fallen in love with her all over again, and that's why it hurt so damn much to look at her, to hear the innocence in her voice and to feel the pain that he caused roll off her tongue through her cries. Jack's knees almost gave in as the painful reality was about to sink in, because in less than 24 hours, he will never see her eyes again.
Behind them, Jack could hear the panicked clamors of Kristoff and the rest of the Guardians as they surrounded Anna, but all noise was blocked out as he stared at Elsa, and he could almost see her falling to her knees when he tells her about Pitch. He closed his eyes and pulled her closer to him, resting his forehead upon hers and closing his eyes so that he didn't have to look at her, because it hurts when he does.
"Where's Oliver?" he whispered.
"He's asleep in our room," she said slowly before pulling back to look at him. "Jack, what's wrong?"
Jack didn't know why, but he wondered how his biological human family reacted when they found out he had drowned to his death, and how his sister told their parents, because Jack felt like he was in that same situation, only that this felt worse. Because he and Elsa are immortal, and they will live with this for the rest of eternity.
"We need to talk," Jack said, saying it quicker than he had intended. He decided that he and Elsa needed to be alone when this happens, rather than have the Guardians with them. He'll tell the rest of them once he tells Elsa, but Elsa needed to know what had happened in Pitch's lair first.
Elsa felt her immortal heart drop to the pit of her stomach. "Why? About what?"
"Please," Jack almost begged. The pain was unbearable.
Elsa turned around and watched as Kristoff secured the blanket over Anna's cold body, while Tooth helped wipe off the black sand off of Anna's face. But Elsa knew that the Guardians were listening, which scared her even more because she felt that this, whatever was happening, is going to affect them all.
Elsa nodded before she followed Jack out of the Globe Room and far into the Workshop until they reached an empty hallway without North's yetis and elves and holiday music in the background. Once they stopped walking, Jack turned to her and Elsa almost felt breathless in the worst way, because for the first time in her life, Jack looked like he was about to cry.
"Jack," she whispered.
But Jack cut her off before she could say anything else by stepping in and pressing a long, cold heartfelt kiss upon her lips, wrapping both arms around her petite frame, feeling Elsa kiss him back, though he could taste the fear and confusion on her lips.
"Jack," she said again, breathlessly.
"I love you. I love you so much, Elsa. I love you so, so much," he whispered as he closed his eyes. Despite the hundreds and thousands of times that he has said these words to her, they will never be enough. Especially now with only hours left, he feels like he needs to tell her and remind her of these words before time can break them apart.
Elsa felt her eyes tear up at the words, but for the worst reason. "What's going on, Jack? Tell me, please."
Jack opened his eyes again, only to find himself breaking on the inside as he watched a single tear roll down Elsa's face.
She blinked away the tears until Jack came into clear view again. "Wh-what did Pitch do to you? What did he do to Anna?"
"He kidnapped Anna as a decoy, to lure me into saving her," he turned his gaze towards the ground, not daring to look at her when he spoke. "And the only way Pitch would release her is if I agreed to his deal."
"Deal?" asked Elsa. "What...what are you talking about?"
"Just..." he took a deep breath before turning to her. "Just know that I did this because I love you, and that I did this to keep you and Oliver safe, so that the two of you will never be in any danger for the rest of your life. I-I did this to protect you, Elsa, and you have to understand that."
Those words shattered Elsa's icy heart as they echoed in her mind. "Jack. What did you do?"
Five seconds of pure silence passed, then ten.
"I...I surrendered to Pitch," Jack finally whispered out.
As simple as the words were, Elsa just couldn't understand them at first because they seemed too horrible to be real.
"Surrendered?" Elsa echoed quietly, her eyes never leaving the regretful ones of Jack. "I...I don't understand."
"What do you not understand, Elsa?" said Jack, almost sounding desperate with sadness. "You're not making this easier for me to explain."
She only stared, as if waiting for an explanation, but after a few seconds, she realized she didn't need one because the look on Jack's eyes revealed it all. "N-No...you didn't. God, Jack, please tell me you didn't."
"It was the only way..." Jack said quietly.
Elsa didn't even realize it, but she began to sob. "What did he make you do, Jack? What did you agree to do?"
"Elsa, please-"
"Tell me, Jack!"
"He was going to hurt you, Elsa!"
"What did he say?" she sobbed, and before they even knew it, the empty hallway they were in was completely covered in ice. Elsa breathed hard as she stared at him, ignoring the falling tears before looking down at her palms. She was shaking.
Long seconds of silence passed, and everything became unbearable. Jack looked at her, watching as Elsa kept her gaze at her shaking hands, but saw tears fall from her eyes and onto the floor. The sight of her absolutely killed him, not because Elsa was hurt, but because Jack knows that this is his fault and that there is no way to end this. Ever.
Finally, Jack took a deep breath. "He knew that I was coming to save Anna. That was his way of luring me in because he knew that I wouldn't leave without accepting his offer, without making sure you're all safe. He said that the only way to let Anna go, and to protect all of you, was for me to agree...to work for him."
"And...and you believed him?" her voice trembled.
Jack closed his eyes for a short moment before opening them again to look directly at her. "Pitch promised me that he will never bother you, Oliver, or anyone else ever again as long as I agreed. He gave me his word, Elsa," he whispered.
Elsa's eyes instantly shot up into his. There was nothing but betrayal written all over her face.
"And so I gave him mine," Jack whispered.
"N-No..." Elsa whispered.
Jack closed his eyes. "And I have less than 24 hours left before I have to leave."
"Leave?" she echoed in a gasp. "What do you mean leave, Jack?"
He stared at her, as if hoping that his desperate eyes were enough indication to explain what was happening without him verbally breaking her cold heart. And after a few seconds, he watched as the rims of her eyes started to line with a new batch of tears. It was then that Jack could see that Elsa finally understood.
Elsa gasped breathlessly and took a step away from him, shaking her head, as if someone had told her that her parents had passed away again, as if her sister had turned into solid ice again, as if she had just found out that her child had died again. But this was on a whole new level of disbelief.
"...How could you do this?" she asked him. The words slowly left her lips and they tasted like blood.
"You have to understand that I had to do this, Elsa," Jack whispered as his gaze met hers.
"But why, Jack? Do you not understand what you just agreed to?" Elsa trembled.
"You're acting as if I wanted this to happen, Elsa! As if I want this to happen to us. You don't think this is hard for me? I had to make the choice and sacrifice myself, and you're acting as if I wanted this to happen!" Jack said.
"But what about how I feel, Jack? This isn't just about you and me, but our entire family and especially our baby!" Elsa cried.
Jack felt remorse hit his body. He stepped in and held her face between his two trembling hands. "I don't want us to argue, Elsa. That's the last thing we need to do right now. Time is running out."
But Elsa began to cry even harder. "But why is this always happening to us, Jack? No matter how hard we try, we are always being put into these situations. We're always being torn apart."
"Elsa-"
"When I was still mortal, we thought that death would tear us apart. Now that I'm like you, immortality is tearing us apart," she sobbed. "When will this stop?"
Jack let go of her cheeks and embraced her, closing his eyes and burying his face into her hair, feeling her tremble under his touch. And for the first time, this felt like a true goodbye, and it was sickening.
"I tried my best, Elsa. You know that this is what I feared the most, but this was the only way to make sure Pitch never interferes with your life ever again. He's done too much to you, and I just couldn't allow him to do anything else," Jack said.
"I don't care what he does, Jack. You can't do this," she begged.
"I can't have you in any more danger, Elsa. And if this is the only way for it to stop, then I have to," he said.
Elsa looked up at him, her blue eyes flooding with tears. "When will things ever be okay for us?"
"They will never be okay," he answered, and the truth hurt them both. "As long as I'm here, things will only get worse."
Those words hurt. Elsa took a step back and looked at him. "Why are you saying that, Jack? As if we will never solve this whole thing with Pitch? As if you don't have faith in me?"
"Because I know what he's capable of, Elsa, and he will destroy everything if I don't follow through," Jack answered desperately. "These things will never stop because all the danger that I put you in, that I put Oliver, Anna, Kristoff and everybody in happened because I fell in love with you and I'm sorry."
Those words pierced her dead heart. Elsa didn't say anything for a long time. "Y-You're sorry?"
Jack looked at her and sighed. He didn't realize how harsh that had sounded. "What I meant was-"
"You're sorry you fell in love with me..." her voice began to shake.
"I didn't mean it like that, Elsa. I-I'm just saying that this all happened because I came into your life and I'm sorry for bringing all of this upon you. I did this to you Elsa, all because we fell in love with each other and because I decided that I couldn't stay away from you. But look at everything that I caused. You've been through so much, experienced so much because I exposed you to the dangers in my world. If it weren't for me-"
"If it weren't for you, I'd be dead," Elsa whispered.
"Stop," Jack whispered. "Don't act as if what I've done was good. I watched you suffer when you were pregnant, watched you cry when our child passed away, watched you die in front of me, watched Anna and Kristoff mourn your death for months...all of that was because of me."
"Then what are you trying to say, Jack?" Elsa fired through her tears. Anger and pain and betrayal was building up inside of her, and it was just too much. "That you regret changing me into an immortal? That you regret having a child with me?"
"Of course not," he said. "But you deserve a normal, human life, Elsa, and I ruined it for you."
"I never had a normal life, Jack. You know that. So why are you saying that, as if you...regret meeting me?" she said, feeling her chest break as she said the words.
"Elsa, you know that's not true. Meeting you and having our son is the best thing that has ever happened in my 300 years of being...alive," Jack whispered. "But I'm just angry at myself that you had to go through so much, because of me."
"You can't let this control you, Jack. We both know how that feels and what it does to us. You can't let your anger make the decision for you, just because you think it's for my safety. You can't allow Pitch to break us apart for good. You can't let him do this to you," Elsa said.
"Elsa, it was either Oliver or myself. And you know that I would rather die than have Pitch lay a finger on our son," said Jack.
The sound of her baby boy's name sent a million emotions throughout her cold body and it made her want to scream because she was so hurt. Their darling baby boy, only a couple months old, but already in a whirlwind of danger since the moment he was conceived between his parents. And despite the burning love that Jack and Elsa have for their son, they couldn't help but feel guilty for bringing him into this world, only for him to be brought into this nightmare-filled mess
"You're just going to let Oliver go?" Elsa cried.
Jack felt breathless at her words, hearing the way her voice shattered when she said their son's name. The words were so hurtful, so poisonous, that he couldn't even speak.
"He's just a baby, Jack! You're just going to...give up on him? On me?" Elsa trembled.
"If it means protecting everyone, then-"
But Elsa cut him off, overbearing with heartbreak and defeat and hellish anger. "So after all this time, after everything that you promised me from the day we first met, you're just going to let me go?"
"Elsa, please lis-"
"You promised me that you will never let anything come between us, Jackson," Elsa sobbed. "But you let yourself break that promise."
Jack felt frozen and stiff with self loathing because she was right. One of the first things that Jack had promised her two years ago when they had first fallen in love, when Elsa was still a dying, mortal human, Jack said that he will never let anything come between them, whether that be time or death, mortality or immortality, her being a young and beloved Queen while he was a reckless and lonely Guardian. But Elsa was right; he had made that promise, and he also broke it.
"If you can't do it for me," she breathed out shakily. "Then do it for your son. Think about Oliver, Jack."
"I am thinking about him, Elsa! And that's why I'm giving myself up to Pitch," Jack said. His voice was hoarse and tired.
Elsa didn't want to believe it. She tried so hard not to, begging and screaming in her head that this just wasn't true, but she could see it in Jack's eyes, that whatever happened with Pitch, he had done it successfully. And for the first time in her entire life of being with Jack, of being graced that this young Guardian had come out of nowhere one day and entered her life, allowing her to fall in love with another soul, and blessing her with a perfect baby boy that they could call their own...for the first time, Elsa saw Jack's eyes water before opening his mouth to whisper one last fatal thing.
"You and Oliver have to let me go."
My heart hurts (partially because I've been finishing this chapter up within the past 6 hours and I'm hungry but mainly because JELSA WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME)
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